One thought on “The Brown Dog Affair”

Another example of the (male) medical student of yesteryear being a sort of avatar of general bad behaviour. I would imagine every medical school has its stories of cadavers being taken out for pints and similar high jinks (the veracity of which I doubt due to rigor mortis) I recall a detailed account in Graham Greene’s “A Gun For Sale” of a medical student “rag” and I am sure there are many many other examples.

One of the most striking quotes was this:

” A local doctor told the South Western Star that this was a sign of the “utter degeneration” of junior doctors: “I can remember the time when it was more than 10 policemen could do to take one student. The Anglo-Saxon race is played out.””

So while I was about to point out that things had largely changed by 1996 when I started medical school, I realise I would be joining a long line of things-aint-what-they-used-to-be merchants (except without the Anglo-Saxon race bit)